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Masha Gessen

Blood Matters

From BRCA1 to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene

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A National Book Award winner's personal journey through the ethical dilemmas and unsettling choices raised by the new frontier of DNA testing. Several years after Masha Gessen's mother died of breast cancer, she discovered she too had the BRCA1 gene mutation, which predisposes women to high rates of ovarian and breast cancer. Her doctors gave her narrow options: surgical removal of her breasts and ovaries or living with the likelihood of one day developing cancer. As Gessen wrestled with her own health decisions, she sought more information about the implications of genetic testing from a variety of sources-ranging from others faced with he… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-0-547-42754-6
  • EAN: 9780547427546
  • Produktnummer: 27881358
  • Verlag: Mariner Books
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
  • Seitenangabe: 336 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 526 KB

Über den Autor


Masha Gessen is a journalist who has written for Slate, Seed, the New Republic, the New York Times, and other publications, and is the author of numerous books, including The Future is History, which has been nominated for the National Book Award.

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